You have to relax, write what you write. It sounds easy but it's really, really hard. One of the things it took me longest to learn was to trust the writing process.

I have always been a reader; I have read at every stage of my life, and there has never been a time when reading was not my greatest joy

I don't pretend reality is the same for everyone.

Once upon a time there was a fairy godmother, but the rest of the time there was none. This story is about one of those other times.

For me to see is to read. It has always been that way.

Of course I loved books more than people.

Boys do not leave their boyhood behind when they leave off their school uniform.

A good story is always more dazzling than a broken piece of truth.

But silence is not a natural environment for stories. They need words. Without them they grown pale, sicken and die. And then they haunt you.

When I was a child, books were everything. And so there is in me, always, a nostalgic, yearning for the lost pleasure of books. It is not a yearning that one ever expects to be fulfilled.

A story so cherished it has to be dressed in casualness to disguise its significance in case the listener turned out to be unsympathetic.

One thing I've found... the road rarely rises up to meet you until you've begun walking.

Do not ignore inspiration, it is your guide to self discovery.

The independent film business is pretty much gone. Now you can do it in a format where you actually get to develop a character over a period of time.

Our intent will not be to create gridlock. Oh, except maybe from time to time.

The terms socialist and communist are mostly about describing the world we want after capitalism, and I think they are both important.

If you win, fine, if you don't, you try again next year.

When I'm home I'm in much more of a routine like I said, which I like. On the road everything gets flip-flopped.

I'm kind of used to being around guys on set, and I grew up with a brother who treated me like I was a boy.

Life does not listen to your logic; it goes on its own way, undisturbed. You have to listen to life.